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Updated August 30, 2006
Reasoning, Writing,
and Advocacy I
RWA I covers analysis of rule structures and objective legal writing,
using a rule's structure as the organizational basis for writing.
Students
complete three major writing assignments, including two full office memoranda,
and learn new skills in research strategy,
choice
and use of authorities, and citation. The course also emphasizes development of
clear, concise writing to communicate
complex analysis without resorting to
"legalese."
Reasoning, Writing,
and Advocacy II
RWA II focuses
on advocacy before trial and appellate courts, as expressed in writing
and in oral argument. Students draft a brief
in support of a motion to a
trial court; later in the semester, using a realistic lower court record, they also prepare a brief to an Arkansas
appellate court, following
existing court rules and conventions.
Students will gain experience in oral advocacy by making an oral
argument in
support of a motion to a trial court and will later make an appellate argument before a three-judge panel.
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Coming soon! Advanced Legal Research
Moot Court
Competition
Moot Court Competition teaches
students to draft a persuasive and effective appellate brief, within the
constraints of typical moot
court competition rules, and to orally argue
with confidence and conviction. While the course uses an interscholastic moot
court
problem as its basis, many of the skills acquired will prove valuable in
future work as an appellate attorney. The course also functions
as an in-house
training course for UALR's moot court traveling teams.
Advanced Appellate Advocacy
(no web pages currently available; not offered in present school year)
This upper-level elective course deals
with appellate procedure and practice, including appellate jurisdiction,
error preservation, appeals
from interlocutory and final orders, standards
of review, brief writing, and oral argument.
Drafting for the General Practitioner
(no web pages currently available; not offered in present school year)
This upper-level elective course gives students practical
experience in drafting a variety of documents commonly used in the general
practice of law.
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